Trent Rockets 151 for 4 (Powell 45, Alsop 41*, Hales 35) beat Oval Invincibles 150 for 3 (Malan 53*, Cox 39, Jacks 30) by six wickets Oval Invincibles missed the chance to confirm their spot in Sunday’s final at Lord’s at Trent Bridge, losing to Trent Rockets thanks to Rovman Powell‘s spectacular hitting. The Invincibles are still clear favourites to progress directly to the final as group winners, but Birmingham…
The Irish government has granted approval for the development of a permanent international cricket stadium and a High Performance Centre at the National Sports Campus in Dublin. The overall project takes the long-term view of preparing Ireland to host the 2030 T20 World Cup, along with England and Scotland. Ireland currently has four ODI-rated grounds – Malahide, Clontarf, Stormont and Bready – but all of them are club cricket grounds…
Leicestershire 199 for 6 (Handscomb 65*, Rahane 62) beat Gloucestershire 192 for 9 (Bancroft 36, Scriven 3-37) by four wickets (DLS method) Ajinkya Rahane and Peter Handscomb staged an outstanding match-winning partnership of 120 as Leicestershire beat Gloucestershire by four wickets on the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern Method at Bristol’s Seat Unique Stadium to book a quarter-final berth in the Metro Bank One Day Cup. Chasing a revised target of 196 in a…
Nottinghamshire 135 for 5 (Haynes 57*, Lintott 3-38) beat Warwickshire 182 (Barnard 31, Lord 3-24) by five wickets (DLS) Nottinghamshire ended their inconsistent Metro Bank One Day Cup campaign on a high with a 12-run (DLS) victory over Warwickshire at Rugby School. Warwickshire still qualify for the quarter-finals – they will face Worcestershire at Edgbaston on Friday – but need to reboot after ending the group stage with successive defeats….
Derbyshire 256 for 6 (Lloyd 63, Raine 4-30) beat Durham XXX (Borthwick 104, Moore 3-45) by four wickets Derbyshire Falcons missed out on a Metro Bank One Day Cup quarter-final even though David Lloyd and Anuj Dal starred in a thrilling four-wicket win at Chester-le-Street, a game which also featured a maiden List A century for Durham’s Scott Borthwick. Derbyshire did all they could today, but they missed out on…
Lancashire 237 (Bohannon 87, Hinley 3-58) beat Worcestershire 234 (Libby 83, Barnard 3-47) by 3 runs Worcestershire’s cricketers secured a home-quarter-final against Warwickshire – albeit at Edgbaston with New Road hosting England Lions versus Sri Lanka – in the Metro-Bank One-Day Cup despite losing to Lancashire by three runs in their last Group A game at Emirates Old Trafford. Although they restricted their hosts to 237, Worcestershire struggled on a…
Hampshire 276 for 7 (Albert 75*, Hollman 4-62) beat Middlesex 257 (Stoneman 53, Abbott 4-48) by 19 runs Toby Albert’s fourth List-A half century and two crucial wickets for Mohammad Abbas booked Hampshire a place in the knockout stages of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup as they beat hosts Middlesex by 19 runs at Merchant Taylors’ School. Albert struck 75 in an innings of 53 balls, complete with four sixes,…
Glamorgan 230 for 9 (Root 66, Cliff 3-37, Moriarty 3-47) beat Yorkshire 168 (Tattersall 51, Gorvin 4-35, Kellaway 3-33) by 62 runs Glamorgan safely booked a home semi-final slot on Sunday in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup as they made it six wins out of eight to top Group B with a 62-run victory over the Yorkshire Vikings at Sophia Gardens. The champions in 2021, Glamorgan had already booked a…
Southern Brave 21 for 2 vs Welsh Fire 181 for 5 (Wells 53, Phillips 48) – No-result Southern Brave secured their place in The Hundred Eliminator at the Kia Oval on Saturday thanks to rain intervening at Utilita Bowl against an already-eliminated Welsh Fire. The Brave came into the match knowing that a point would guarantee their presence in Saturday’s showdown but at the halfway stage, with 181 posted by…
Oval Invincibles 92 for 5 (Kapp 26*, Scholfield 26) beat Trent Rockets 91 for 8 (Gardner 43, Kapp 3-8) by five wickets Oval Invincibles came out on top by five wickets in a tense match on a slow, low wicket at Trent Bridge to earn the right to face London Spirit in the Hundred eliminator at The Oval on Saturday. South African allrounder Marizanne Kapp starred with both ball and…